22 Amendments of Łukasz KOHUT related to 2020/2077(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
- Aa. whereas the principles of circular economy should be the core element of any European and national industrial policy as well as of Member States national Recovery and Resilience Plans in the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Facility;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
- Ab. whereas almost a quarter of SMEs in Europe already enable the transition towards more sustainable business models but, on the other hand, a third of them report that they face complex administrative and legal procedures when trying to make their business more resource-efficient;
Amendment 3 #
-Ac. whereas the Communication from the Commission acknowledges the pioneering role of social economy enterprises in the creation of jobs linked to the circular economy;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A d (new)
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. whereas a circular economy has proven to be essential during the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular in sectors such as food and pharmaceutical packaging, waste collection and treatment;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to review Directive 2009/125/EC; emphasizing an important role that it can play in green recovery and can represent the key element of any post-COVID recovery plans; stresses that broadening its scope should not lead to any watering down of the results achieved in the field of energy efficiency; and material efficiency to decrease dependence on imports and thereby improve resilience of European economy to global crises.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to review Directive 2009/125/EC; stressebelieves that a wider ecodesign policy can be one of the core elements of the European action in the field of circular economy; stresses nevertheless that broadening its scope should not lead to any watering down of the results achieved in the field of energy efficiency;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that research into materials, processes, technologies and products, as well as into their industrial scale-up, can provide European companies with a worldwide competitive advantage; believes that shortening a number of value chains would make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and profitable, as well as promote the EU’s strategic autonomy; developing synergy between sectors for an effective EU circular industry; that supports industrial reconstruction and just transformation towards climate-neutrality objectives.
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of boosting research efforts in the field of chemical recycling which, paired with organic and mechanical recycling, will complete a technology-neutral framework; such efforts should aim at improving energy efficiency, reducing GHG emissions and ensuring non-contaminated final products and proper treatment of by-products in chemical recycling technologies; considers that any waste-to-energy process shall not be considered as chemical recycling;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to make more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) fit for the circular economy, by supporting them through adequate incentive schemes and financing tools, capacity building, also in terms of managerial skills, and technical assistance, as well as by reducing their administrative and legal burdens;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports the European Commission’s initiative to ensure that the EIT’s Knowledge and Innovation Communities will be more open to SMEs and increase their opportunity to participate in local innovation ecosystem to the benefit of digital and green transition;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the transition towards a digital economy in all sectors can reduce their environmental footprint, while also boosting the green transition; points out that measures are nevertheless needed to deal with the short- and medium- term costs of the transitions and to make them just; and more inclusive; highlights the importance of stakeholders, including civil society and community representatives.
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that construction is among the least automated and digitized sectors and the most resource-intensive businesses in the European Union. The use of innovative and future-oriented technologies at a construction site would increase the degree of digitisation of the sector while increasing resources efficiency. Similarly, the adoption of digital solution in built environment would allow better energy performance of buildings;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Also believes that the use of sustainable circular bio-based products and systems in the construction and renovation sectors can help achieving the Union's environmental objectives through the development of a regulatory framework for recognition of carbon removals as well as through the elaboration of Green Public Procurement binding rules to enable users to choose sustainable and climate friendly materials and secondary raw material;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Recalls that the “energy efficiency first” principle should always apply when evaluating different solutions and applications;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Underlines the importance of incentivising the procurement of recyclable materials and the use of secondary raw materials also as a tool to ensure the Union's industrial autonomy and to keep jobs in the manufacturing sector;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to support a digital transition that builds on maximising the value of data and deploying digitally- enabled solutions to permit the sustainable use of resources and to maintain the value, durability, reusability and repairability of products and materials for as long as possible.
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Supports the EU initiative on Sustainable Products as a major action for improving products recyclability, durability and efficiency and endorses the inclusion of a larger set of product groups into the Eco-Design Directive, with a focus to non-energy related products; urges also to apply the same EU products requirements to the materials and goods imported from third countries;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to invest in connectivity and digital infrastructures, promoting solutions that contribute to a lower carbon footprint and reduced use of natural resources and materials, and that guarantee the sustainability of the manufacturing life cycle and the extension of product life cycle.
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Asks the Commission to invest in developing KPIs connected to SDGs, in order to achieve a more sustainable business model for European industry; in particular, calls on the Commission to promote and strengthen partnerships between different industrial sectors and between public and private sectors, fully implementing SDG 17;
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Strongly endorses the ambition of the EU Commission in creating a well- functioning EU market for secondary raw materials; stresses the need of supporting the use and recycling of those materials, irrespectively of their legal status, i.e. waste, end-of-waste or by-products;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Supports the plan of defining a circularity test, which should take into account all the circular performances of products such as durability, re-usability, recyclability and recycled content; as the targets for recycled content, the circularity test should be product-specific;
Amendment 166 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Underlines the importance of boosting the EU internal market via the green public procurement, for incentivising the procurement of recyclable materials and the use of secondary raw materials;